New Classroom Rules by Education Innovation

Rules
Come to school every day, unless you would rather just go on line and
Bring required materials, including your laptop and cell phone every day. These two rules are the must important to me. Coming to school everyday will keep the students up to date with whats being taught in class. Not will it do that but it will also give the student perfect attendence. Bringing your required materials is the second important rule. It is impossible to participate in class without the required tools.

At The Teacher's Desk

Social Expert
On the teacher's desk, I found several blogs but I only liked three of them. One is on the Fundred project. This porject is based on the lead problem in the soil of New Orleans caused by hurricane Katrina. The next blog I examine and liked was on the need for teachers to keep learning. The blog is posted by Dr. Strange. The last blog that I appreciated the most is from Chamberlain. He also elaborated on the need for teachers to learn. He did this through song and to me it is very important that we collaborate on this subject.

It is very important that we as teachers continue to learn. Chamberlain expresses this in his song, "How kids are cahnging."This is very important so that our kids would learn and enjoy what they are learning. Dr. Strange pointed out how we are doing away with books. Kids are collaborating on blogs now more then ever. So it is very important that our teachers become better soical network experts.

Toward A New Future Whatever: Michael Wesch

Michael Wesch
I really enjoyed the video from Michael Wesch. It was hilarious, especially the part when the totler bit his little big brother's finger. I was so amazed that Charlie's brother only said ouch Charlie. The video also had grear meaning. The fact that we are living in a narcissism generation. There are so many young people that are all about self. I see it all the time with my son. My son is a teenager. Sometimes he can be so selfish. I pray that this is only a phase. Sometimes he can be so materialistic. He only wants to wear expensive sneakers. My is also a teenager. She wants her nails done biweekly. And she also loves to shop. I see in my personal life dealing with my teenagers, we are still dealing with the whatever generation.

I love how Mr. Wesch ended his video when he said I care. That is my goal as a future educational and as a parent in my own home. It is to by example show that I care and to teach my students and my children to care just as much about others as they care for themselves.

Why Is It Important For Students To Post Their Work to Blogs?

Why Is It Important For Students To Posts Their Work To blogs?

It is very important for students to post their work to blog, because it is informative. When students post their work to blogs, they are sharing their information with others.We had this discussion in class. Blogging is way others can see your work. Such as parents can see how their children are doing. Blogging enabling writers to express themselves in ways that have never been seen or understood before.It is the spontaneous expression of instant thought.http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blog. Bloging has also become popular with the news. You can go to different news blogs to check on sports and the latest news. Not only can you see whats new in the news when it comes to the media but you can give some feed back.http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs.

ALEX & ACCESS

ALEX & ACCESS
ALEX and ACCESS both many great resoures available for teachers. ALEX has links to courses of study and lesson plans just to name a few. ACCESS shows what it has to offer for both the educator and the student.

Alex links you to different course of studies. Language Arts, Mathematics, and Health Education just to name a few. The varities of subjects are also given by grade level. The 6th grade level gives examples of recreational reading material.

ACCESS's goal of the distance learning plan is to create equity through additional educational offerings for all Alabama public high school students. This is exemplified in the educator and student relationship on ACCESS. For example, when the student needs assistance, he or she must contact the teacher. In the same way the student can not pick their own teacher. The teacher is designated from whatever school system you resigned in.

Dear Kaia

Dear Kaia
I watched the Dear Kaia video about three times. My first reaction is this will make a great tool for field trips. As you may already know, I am pursuing a career in secondary language arts. In the film Kaia took pictures of her surroundings. The pictures consist of her outside environment. I think that later in my teachuing career, I could use this same experience for filming a field trip with my class then later post it for others to see. The same way Kaia received feedback frm Mrs.C class, I could do likewise with my class.

The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler

The video on The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler is very educationer. I learned that a student can build their own learning network. I also learned why a network student needs a teacher.

I was informed on how a student can go about building his or her own learning network. He or she can search for information using the school data base liberty. He also finds other who have information on his or her topic. He or she can also read blogs. He or she can use their mp3 player that connects them to different universities.

Another educationer concept is why does a networked student needs a teacher. He are she needs a teacher that will teach them to build this network. She offers guidance when they are stuck. She helps them to communicate popularly. She helps them organize that mountain of information.

This Is How We Dream Part 1&2

The video on, "This Is How We Dream Part 1&2" is very interesting.Richard Miller talks about the change of human communication. He works in the departmnet of English, which is my major. He talks about the change of human communication in reference to incremental and fundamental change.

I really enjoyed the way he defined the incrementel change in communication. He shows how we have moved from books to the web. I also liked the way he shows how we can share knowledge by collaberating. He gave his students an assignment that consist of visual and sound components.

I also enjoyed part two of the video. The second part is made up of the fundamental change. When Mr. Miller speaks of fundamental change, he talks in reference to college lectures. He states that this is a way to push ideals into our culture by blogging,using uTune, and down loading lectures. I totally agree with this because our students spend more time on the computer browsing,chanting and playing games.

Using iPods

using ipod
August 2005 Duke University did a experiment on iPods in the classrooms. The students used the iPods for several events. Some used them for advertising. Others used it for recording of speakers on campus. Some used it to record lectures in class for a better grade.
www.studentaffairs.com/ejournal/summer_2005/TheDukeUniversityiPodExperiment.htm

Now Duke has decised to distributed about 1,600 iPods pre-loaded with orientation material to all incoming first-year students. Duke will shift distribution away from an entire class of students and will focus instead on making the devices available to specific courses upon the request of faculty members at all undergraduate levels.
www.dukenews.duke.edu/2005/04/ipodfinal_print.htm

iTunesU

iTunes University can help me as a student. The video shows how iTunesU consist of more then just movies and music. iTunes has different listings of
Universities. Whereas anyone can see what the college has to offer. So as a student you can see what the college specializes in. Whether it is business, education, medical etc.

Also once you click on the University sited, you can also click on the courses.They aslo have auto recordings of classes. As you can see iTunesU has a lot to offer a student in reference to putting the right University that fits your major.
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/presentations/presentation-itunes-u/

Dr.Alice Christie

Alice Christie
The changing face of literacy can be useful to me as a teacher because the old way of teaching is almost extinct. Going to the library for information is almost a thing of the past. Mrs.Christie points out how hard it is to find information in the library. She also talked about how the old way of the classroom is more teacher centered rather then student centered. Letting my teaching be more student based is the very thing necessary for my students.

The new way of teaching in relation to technology is what's happening. Mrs.Christie pointed out how our future is headed toward computers whether then a finite body of knowledge. Our job as educaters is to help them deal with ideals not just information. She talked about this in reference to the Paradigm Shift. Paradign Shift is based on decision making,risk taking,reading and writing opportunity just to name a few. One thing I have learned about technology, there is a grand opportunity to read and write. This is of great use for my field of education becasue my major is secondary Language Arts.

NPR Podcast on Wikipedia

Virgil Griffith
How and when, if ever, Wikipedia can be a trusted source of information? According to the video on Wikipedia, it can be trusted 90% to 85% of the time. Virgil Griffith invented a Wikipedia Scanner that can trace if someone has tampered with Wikipedia info. So that's one way how we can determine whether or not Wikipedia can be trusted.

When can it be trusted? Only if the scanner device scares the different companies away. In my opinion, Wikipedia in reference to politics and economic issues can never be trusted. I say this because because the government only reveals what they want us to know. And in reference to the economic situations, the different companies only wants to get richer. Tehm becoming richer is for their benefit and the customer.

Can Wikipedia be trusted? I guess my answer would be yes & no. Because it depends on what you are looking for.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was dying from cancer. Instead of feeling bad for himself, he did a lecture on achieving childhood dreams. He was a professor that ventured into teaching VR. Randy Pausch teaching method was fantastic. He taught on his child dreams. He taught on enabling the dreams of others. And he also taught on lessens learned when comes to living your childhood dreams or enabling the dreams of others.

He expounded on his childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut,NFL football player, to meet Captain Kirk and becoming an imagineer. He had that grand opportunity to experience gravity in reference to floating like an astronaut. He had the opportunity to play football but not in the NFL. He got the chance to meet Captain Kirk. His most accomplished dream was to became an imagineer. He went to Disney World thinking to himself that he wanted to make the imaginee like the one there. He later went to college and pursued his dream to become a imaginer. He sweet talked himself into world of VR. So he ended up working on an Aladdin VR.

Then he went on to talk about enabling the childhood dreams of others. One of his students tells him he wants to work on the upcoming Star Trek. He did this not knowing there would be another making of Star Trek. And his student did get the chance to work on the next Star Trek. He later had a course on VR to enable others to accomplish their childhood dreams.

Lessons Learned when it comes to achieving your childhood dreams or enabling others' childhood dreams is very important. One lesson was on when brick walls are put up, it's to see how bad you really want it. Another was that knowing or realizing that you need others to accomplish your dreams. In conclusion, Randy Pausch stated that, "He did this lecture for his kids."

A Vision of Students Today

This video is a vision for students today. Some of the things in the video are geared toward me. And the others I have seen taken place in some of my college class. The fact that I will be owing a lot of debt after college is my issue. Some of the things we learn in class will not help us in the real world. A lot of it is not relvent to me.

Most of this video, I do see taking place in my college classes. Students are texting during class. Some students play games on their laptops while class is in session. Some students have paid for class and they do not come. this video does capture my college experience.

What I've Learned This Year by Mr.McCling

McCling's essay was outstanding. It gives newcoming teachers a lot to think about. I like how said not to miss out on the important aspect of teacher, which the children's comprehension. he also pointed out how teachers need to be flexible, communicate, and reasonable. He also talked about how teachers should listen to their students. I love how he ran the listen tool home stating they the teacher may be the only one listening. Agian i really enjoyed Mr. Mcclung's essay.

The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom

Autumn
I watched another video on podcasting called, "The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom." In the video they talked about how podcasting is an effective way of interacting with students outside of the classroom. Secondly, they talked about how podcasting can be a form of learning students of today are familiar with and therefore makes it relevant to them. And I also picked the one on how parents can see and hear what their children are doing at school.

Podcasting can be an effective way of interacting with students outside of the classroom. The speaker on podcasting pointed out how students play video games and spend most of their time with technology. But Podcasting can also be a benefit because it enhances their structure. They showed an example of a young girl who had a fever of 106. The young girl had to stay home and miss her test but because of podcasting she was able to communicate with her teacher.

They also discussed how podcasting can be a form of learning students of today are familiar with and therefore makes it relevant to them. The host took them to Mr. Dell's history class. He had them to do a project on a historical event. One young girl in his class did her assignment on the story of an African American slave who was taken from her parents and then sold.

Lastly, I picked the one on how parents can see and hear what their children are doing at school. The principle in the video talked about how parents love to see what's going on in the classroom. She spoke on how much of a benefit the podcast is in the class for parents.

Podcast Done By Students

Blossom
I watched the podcast on technologically literate teacher. It was done by Dr. Strange and four of his summer students. He ask them the question, "What is a technologically literate teacher?" Nicole states, "How can a teacher expect his or her students to learn if he or she is not willing too." Dr.Strong point out,that the teacher must be willing to learn some kind of technology an order to teacher their students. Kitty agreed with Nicole that all teachers need to be willing to learn some type of technology for her student's sake.

They also pointed out how teachers don't have to know all about computers but they need to know something. Dana made the suggestion that the teacher needs to be willing to explore what they know about computers. Kitty pointed out that it's all about the altitude of the teacher. She stated, "That she was nervous about Dr. Strange's computer class." She said, "But she learned not to be afraid of making a mistakes, because making a mistake will make you better."

I thought that the podcast was good and very educator. For the most part I was looking for a more precise definition for technologically literate teacher. If I could define technologically literate teacher, I would say, "It is a teacher that is educated in techonolgy."

Podcast

Forest
Most of the sites on podcast that I listen to seem to be more like a talk show online for educators. I say this because most of the voices online identified themselves as being a school teacher. So I listen to and browsed several sites in reference to podcast to see where they were going with their conversations. Some talked about setting up podcast in the class. And others talked about real issues that some parents have with the use of the internet in schools.

On SmartBoard Lessons Podcast the topic Teachers Connecting 11: Year End Ideas came up. So I Listen to the host whose name was Ben. He spoke with a teacher by the name of Joan. She was not as advance as Ben was with computers. So he answered a lot of her questions and he also corrected a lot of the wrong ideas that she picked up from others in reference to the know how on computer systems. This site was ok but it was nothing to boast about.

The second site I went to was ConnectLearning. I decide to go to Connect learning with David Warlick. He had several conversations with different people. He had one on the purpoe of an education. He spoke with several teachers at a workshop. One teacher said, "the purpose of an education is for children to find out who they are." Another said, "the purpose is for them to become productive human beings." Another teacher said, "the purpose of an education is for children to know why they are here." This site was the best one yet. I really enjoyed this site the most.

The last site I checked out came from Edtechtalk. Edtechtalk podcast with Miguel, Jeff, and Dave. West talked about how we tell our kids they can't get on the internet any more, because of the things they are saying on them. He emphasized on how we as educator and parents most give directions instead of blocking sites at home and at school. He pointed out how it is good that our children are writing to one another but we as parents should monitor them instead of banning it. This was another site that I enjoyed because it hits home.

Media Rich Posts

Michael Jackson




Michael Jackson

(CNN) -- The Los Angeles coroner has concluded preliminarily that singer Michael Jackson died of an overdose of propofol, a powerful sedative he was given to help him sleep, according to court documents released Monday.


A search warrant filed in court showed toxicology reports found propofol in Michael Jackson's body.

1 of 3 Los Angeles' coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran reached that preliminary conclusion after reviewing toxicology results carried out on Jackson's blood, according to a search warrant and affidavit unsealed in Houston, Texas.

The affidavit outlines probable cause for search warrants of the offices of doctors who are believed to have treated Jackson.

The Associated Press is quoting a single law enforcement official, who says the L.A. County Coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office told CNN they had "no comment" on the report. An LAPD spokesman says the story did not come from their department.

The 32-page warrant said Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, told a detective that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for six weeks. Murray said each night he gave Jackson 50 mg of propofol, also known as Diprivan, diluted with the anesthetic lidocaine via an intravenous drip.

Worried that Jackson may have been becoming addicted to the drug, the Houston cardiologist said he attempted to wean him from it, putting together combinations of other drugs that succeeded in helping Jackson sleep during the two nights prior to his death.

But on June 25, other drugs failed to do the job, as he recounted to detectives in an hour-by-hour account that was detailed by detective Orlando Martinez of the Los Angeles Police Department: Learn more about the events of the night Jackson died »

-- At about 1:30 a.m., Murray gave Jackson 10 mg of Valium.

-- At about 2 a.m., he injected Jackson with 2 mg of the anti-anxiety drug Ativan.

-- At about 3 a.m., Murray then administered 2 mg of the sedative Versed.

-- At about 5 a.m., he administered another 2 mg of Ativan.

-- At about 7:30 a.m., Murray gave Jackson yet another 2 mg of Versed while monitoring him with a device that measured the oxygen saturation of a his blood.

-- At about 10:40 a.m., "after repeated demands/requests from Jackson," Murray administered 25 mg of propofol, the document said.



Michael Jackson

New Generation Learning

Dock
New Generation Learning video showed how the world is evolving, when it comes to technology. Harry, the kid in the video knew more about computers then me. They no longer used the messy chalk board in the classroom. But the board was computerized. It looke like for recess they played WII games that involved active moving.

In the beginning of the video, it also showed how the mother did not have the ICT in her class when she was coming up. But she still learned how to use the computer system. Harry pointed out how his parents could view his field trips without being there. Harry recommends that all parents push for their kids school to get the ICT for a better learning experience for the new generation.

Harness Your Student's Ditigal Smarts

Cat
In the world of technology that we live in, our young people need to be expose to more digital knowledge. Giving them computer activities outside of using pencil and paper is a great ideal. Vicki Davis pointed out how she would give her students some computer terms but she would not tell them the meaning of them. She let them surf for them so they would learn different ways of finding information on the net. She would give them terms like Wiki and terraform.

There was one female in the video. She pointed out how learning more computer skills keeps them connected to the world. The female states, "That they live in a rural area in Georgia." This an example of how having some digital smarts can keep you connected to the world.

The Importance of Creaivity

Cabo
According to Ken Robinson, schools kill creativity. He talks about the life of the producer of Cats and Phathom of the Opera. He states that he spoke with her. And she said, "When she was in school they thought something was wrong with her because she could not be still." They later found out that she was a dancer and not a professor.
Robinson uses this story to point out that we are all diverse. Every one is not a excellence student in the classroom, for some are creativity in other aspect.

In this paticular presentation, it tells us as educator that we should not suppress the creativity of our students. We as educators should help develop and bring out the gifts and creativity that our students have in them, whether it may be a dancer, a professor, teacher, football player, basketball player,etc.

I also thought that the presentation was funny, interesting and also deep. Robinson brought out the point that our children lose their creativity by not being prepared to be wrong. According to Robinson when a person gives an answer that we might think is wrong shows the original essence of their creativity. He used the story of his four year old that was in a nativity play. One of the kids that played one of the kings said "I bring you myrrh." Another four year old said, "I bring you gold." And the last four year old said, "I bring you Frank and them." Instead of the play being so searious it became funny. The young child's creativity side came out naturally.

I really enjoyed this presentation. It help me to see that we as teachers must be watchful when it comes to our students creativity. We should be attentive that we might have the next Shakespeare in our class or the next Micheal Jordan. We should recognize that all our students are brilliant in their own way. So let us not take part in killing their creativity. But let us help them find out who they are.

Did You Know? 3.0

Cali
I watched did you know 3.0 three times. I knew that times were changing but it just hit me like a ton of bricks. I new that there were other countries more advance than us academically. I knew that Americans were not having as many children as our ancestors in the past. I knew that China was over populated and is still out growing USA in the birth arena. I'm not surprised that the Asians are speaking the English Language so fluent. I am shocked in how fast we are changing.

We are changing so fast until technology is taking over. According to did you know 3.0, students that are attending a technical school for four years, after their second year will have to update their studies. Also in this movie facebook, google, and texting are taking over the market audience. In the United States we are ranked #19 in the broadband internet arena. It is predicted that a computer will be invented that far advances the mind of human beings.

So what does it all mean? In my opinion, it means that we must better equip ourselves for the future or set back and do nothing. Set back and do nothing is not the best option. My plan is to continue to educate myself as long as I live. No matter how old we get or how advance times may become. We can always educate ourselves and others. So that we can stop being behind, in the middle, but we as Americans should be at the top.

Little Bit About Melinda Young

Melinda
Hi, My name is Melinda Young.There is really not a lot I can say about me. I can say this much. I am a wife and mother of two. My son's name is Algernon Young. He is a senior at MGM high school. He plays cornerback on there football team. My daughter's name is Ashley Young. She is a freashmen at MGM high school. She is in honor classes and she loves to read. My husband works for Coca Cola. I work full-time for a law firm. My major is Secondary Language Arts. I am also a pastor in the A.M.E Zion church. I was appointed to Miller's Chapel A.M.E. Zion church in Demopolis, AL By Bishop Jame E.McCoy. As you can see there is not much to say about me. I am just a regular person trying to live the American dream.